Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-01-13
HORRIBLE COLLISION.
Engiass ana Coaches Tslssseped, the Wreck
Takes Fire and Passengers Burned to Death
The Member Of Victims Tnkpswn, bet Esti-
mated al from Seventeen to twenty-five.

EnEiass ana Coaches Tslsseeped, the Wreck
Takes Fire and Passengers Barned to Death
The samber Of Victims Tnkpswn, bet Esti-
mated al from Seventeen to twenty-five.
One d; the most horrible accidents ever
ebronicled occurred near Republic, eight
miles east OF Tiffin, Ohio. The accountssay
that the conductor OF a freight train pulled
for Scipio, where be was to side-traek
u express train. Hall mile west OF
Republic, the train came TO standst!H,
being unable to move further. Just here
was made the horrible mistake which
resulted in the loss OF many lives aud
the destruction OF thousands OF dollars
worth OF property. Although the conduc.
tor must have known that he was en-.
croaching dangerously near the time oil the
until after his train had come TO q
standsill aud found IL impossible to
move further. The engines OF the two
trains reared into the air like pair OF en-.
ragged living monsters, and then settled
down upon the track, driven into each other
| until the cyi,nd .rs touched. The force OF
the impact jammed the baggage ears into
| TIA tender and into thefast train, the ex-
/ press ear into the baggage, and the same
| IN the express. In less than five minutes
| from the moment Of the collision, and be-
lOrt any OTRttllStu cilOTA 1T EtrNuG nc
made, the fire oil the overturned stoves com.
muuicated TO the woodwork, and the flames
4 enped high into the air, their roar min.
/ Cling with the cries OF anguish oil the iu-
! prisoned victims to whom death in its
most terrible form was n horrible presence.
The trainmen and uninjured passengers
/ were powcrlcss, and could do nothing to
rescue the sufferers.
The number actually lost may never be
| known, but it has been placed at twenty.
| two. There were sixty-five passengers on
| the train
A dispatch from Milwaukee says Pri.
vate kilograms from Beiaire, Ohio, an
nouuec that Grant Russell and George
! simpson OF this city were on the wrecked
| train. As their relatives here can get no
word from them ii is believed they persisted.
One correspondent gives seventeen as
the number who were killed and says that
out OF fifteen passengers in the smoker but
| one escaped.
Charles T. Toll Of Detroit. who was on
the wre ,ked train. gives AN account OF the
disaster. in which he saws
| No one 10 the sleeper was injured in the
least, Among the passengers in the sleep
er were Mrs. Fish of Joliet, ILL.,, u sister Of
| Gen. logat. and her son Charles, neither
OF whom was injured. The shock was so
terrific that tho farmers in the neighbcr.
| hood took it to be an earthquake, and
were soon at the scene OF the wreck. In
| the confusion OF the wreck q
hot dispute arose among the train.
| men as to the responsibility for
the disaster. II appeared that the freight
| train Was running on the time Of the eX'
press. The engineer was heard TO remark
| that he had left the last 81 ling with only
| thirty pounds OF steam, and ON the up
grade east OF riffin his engine went back
| on.him" and the train stalled No danger
signals were sent out ahead. and the ex-
| press, running at full speed down grade
aud around curve, had no warning Of
impending disaster until an instant before
| the collision.
| G. p. Bradley Of Washington, d. c.. was
found hanging from the window OF the
| smoker, but his legs were fast and he could
not be removed. There he remained until
he was burned to death and his charred
remains fell to the ground. He was con.
soious and ga We his address TO the bystand.
| ers.
Joseph Postethwaite, aged iifty.seven,
and his sc ls. Spencer, aged eighteen, and
| Henry. aged eleven, were sitting in the
same seat in the smoker, and their char.
| red remains were found in the ruins OF the
| car